noncop
English
Etymology
Noun
noncop (plural noncops)
- (informal) One who is not a police officer.
- 2002, Greg Cynaumon, God Still Speaks Through Dreams: Are You Missing His Messages?:
- An old adage among police officers is that there are only two types of people—cops and noncops.
- 2013, V. S. Nesby, 13 Kings (page 28)
- I heard that hitchhiking was illegal, so I made sure to only stick out my thumb to noncops.